The Chile proof of payment of reciprocity fee is good for the "LIFE" of your passport. You will not get away with handing a Chile immigration officer your previous invalidated passport. You will be directed to the other booth and have to pay the required reciprocity fee ($100 for a US citizen) which gets you a stamp in your current passport which is again good for the life of that passport.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hfly:
Why would you need new visas?? The Brazil and Chile visas are valid until they expire, not when your passport expires. Don't let that keep you from getting a new Passport.
The ironing will work for awhile as I stated above.</font>
[This message has been edited by Viajero Perpetuo (edited Feb 26, 2004).]